Monday, February 22, 2010

What's in a name?

Ages back, Shakespeare quoted "What's in a name?" ... This quote held good for ages, but now I think this needs little refinment. I think if Shakespeare would have been in today's world, he must have said.. "There's lot in sirname" ... Yes, I mean it.. there's really a lot in sirname (second name).. If ur trying to lift ur sword by now to resist to my statement, hold urself back for a while.
I would ask you to look around you!! The most popular TV show last week was "Rahul ka swanvar". For all of you who have not seen even a single eposiode of this depict .. It's a show where 15 grogeous, intelligent, telented, charming and lovely girls (age between 20 to 32) are trying to lucre (rather seduce) Rahul Mahajan for marriage !!!
He is the same Rahul mahajan who has been booked by cops in Aug, 2006 for drug possession and criminal conspiracy, who already had a failed marriage (Wife alleging him as a wife beater) and who had been doing on-screen f**king with Payal rohtangi & many others on famous show Big boss (& probably lot more off-screen).
Now, why he's recieving all the media attention and also good girls.. Answer is his sirname.. "Mahajan". Now, imagine the same Rahul being a normal human being (just like me and you), & involved in all this crap shit, he's currently involved in. Do u think there could be any normal girl getting married to him ??!!& look now, how preety & charming girls are drooling over him to get his attention & ready to marry him. Nothing like this would have been possible if he wouldn't have been born to late Pramod Mahajan & got the sirname "Mahajan".
Take another U-turn & look at Abhishek (Bachhan).. We all know that when he got into movies, he was nothing but a useless shit. But one thing he was carrying with him was being Amithab bachan's kin. Though Abhishesk was never involved in any bad things (opposite to Rahul) but yet, Do we seriously think he should have ever got a Hindi movie to act as hero and a wife like Aishwarya (I was so jealous when I heard dat Aish is tying knot with Abhishek. Pathetic choice Aish)..
But this post is not about Abhishek Bachan and Rahul Mahajan. Dis post is a genuine effort to find out if any ordinary person (born to an extra- ordinary parents) have to face equal challenge to prove himself as someone with an extra-ordinary person (born to an ordinary parents) will face. I don't think so. Everyone who's born with a silver spoon in his/her mouth, gets an upper edge automatically. Biggest benifit for them is that opportunities wait for them to be explored. However in case of a commom man, the first struggle is to find out the opportunities to prove themselves & then making the best out of those opportunities. And one failure and you are out of the game. This is not something which today's society has delievered. Its been there as-is since ages. Kingdoms used to be ruled by a King & then by his son & then his son & so on. There never used to be any opportunity for anyone else to grab.
Althoug this scenario has changed a lot in today's world. One one hand when we see Rahul mahajan, there on the other hand we see Shahrukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar who have made things by their own. They didn't have a sirname to help them. So, there will always be a vista. But, one thing I am quite sure about is, "There's lot in sirname".. :))
P.S. I am not using word All. I am using lot :)) .. So there's still a chance for a common man to prove himself !!

2 comments:

  1. I fully agree with you Ashok... Very good observation and very nicely put!! :)

    Keep writing...

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  2. Wonderful thought :) nicely written post ...

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